Adrian and Joyce discuss a paper by Derek about dinosaur coloration and placing epistemic bets on science.
Read MoreBeginning at the beginning: Leibniz and the texts of deep history.
What seperates history from paleontology? Not the reading of texts, says Justin E. H. Smith, who, via examination of Leibniz’s family-history-turned-geological-masterwork Protogaea, argues that ‘reading the fossil record’ is far from a metaphor…
Read MoreData, Text & Simulation: Alisa Bokulich’s "Using models to correct data: paleodiversity and the fossil record."
Derek and Adrian turn a critical eye to Alisa Bokulich’s recent paper on data models in paleontology…
Read MoreExtinct in 2018, Extinct in 2019!
A quick reflection on 2018, and news about 2019!
Read MorePhilosophical Metaphor & Philosophical Analysis
Philosophers often use metaphors to illustrate and label their analyses. Is that a good idea? Adrian examines Carol Cleland’s ‘smoking gun’ metaphor to suggest an answer…
Read MoreOn Horses, In Solidarity
Reflections, prompted by fire, on the importance of diverse collections of paleontological specimens.
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